Setophaga kirtlandii
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~50%
Kirtland's warbler (Setophaga kirtlandii), also known in Michigan by the common name jack pine bird, or the jack pine warbler, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family (Parulidae). Nearly extinct just years ago, populations have recovered due to the conservation efforts of the Kirtland's Warbler Conservation Team and its members. The birds require large areas, greater than 160 acres (65 hectares), of dense young jack pine for breeding habitat. This habitat was historically created by wildfire, but today is created through the harvest of mature jack pine (Pinus banksiana), and planting of jack pine seedlings.
The population of the species spends the spring and summer in its breeding range in the Great Lakes region of Canada (Ontario) and the United States (Wisconsin and Michigan, especially in the northeastern Lower Peninsula), and winters in the West Indies.
This species was first recorded by Europeans relatively late for a bird from eastern North America. The first specimen was shot at sea somewhere between the Abaco Islands of The Bahamas and Cuba in mid-October 1841 by the ornithologist Samuel Cabot III. However, the specimen was unrecognized as a new species... Wikipedia →
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With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Kirtland's Warbler sighting in Baltimore on a given day, based on 33 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 69th most-seen of the 246 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
October
In that month about 40% of wildlife watchers report a Kirtland's Warbler in Baltimore on a given day, against under 5% in November to September, the lowest months.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Kirtland's Warbler sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 3 cities where we can rate Kirtland's Warbler sightings, Baltimore has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Detroit (United States, under 5%) and Miami (United States, under 5%).
Same genus: Setophaga
The closest relatives of the Kirtland's Warbler that you can see in Baltimore (genus Setophaga, Setophaga Warblers) are Yellow-rumped Warbler (about 20%), American Redstart (about 10%) and Northern Parula (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Kirtland's Warbler is recorded against all the birds logged in Baltimore (33 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
